President Joseph Kabila “Legalized Corruption”
More than US$ 750 million in mining revenues disappeared from the coffers of the Democratic Republic of the Congo over a three-year period, according to a report released Friday.
UK’s Serious Fraud Office Launches Rio Tinto Corruption Probe
The UK’s anti-fraud investigating body said Monday it is probing Rio Tinto’s dealings in Guinea involving the giant Simandou iron ore project.
ZOA Calls On Tillerson To Quit Over State Department Saying Palestinian Terrorism Stems From ‘lack Of Hope’
WASHINGTON — The Zionist organization of America called on Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to resign over the State Department terrorism report which the ZOA called “bigoted, biased, anti-Semitic, Israel-hating (and) error-ridden.”
Uber Driver Oral Sex Mid-Ride
A video posted to Facebook appears to show an Uber driver receiving oral sex from a female while a man in the backseat was on the way to his destination.
The Deadly Secret Cruise Lines
In August 2004, Merrian Carver, a 40-year-old mother of one from Massachusetts, boarded a ship with Celebrity Cruises that sailed from Seattle to Alaska. She chose to travel alone while her daughter stayed with her ex-husband in England. She never made it home.
UN Ambassador Admits Taking Millions In Bribes From Chinese Billionaire
A suspended UN diplomat has testified in a US court that a Chinese billionaire paid him up to US$ 50,000 monthly in return for help securing a contract to build a UN conference center, media reported Friday.
At Least Five Injured In Swiss Chainsaw Attack
Five people were taken to the hospital, two of them with serious injuries, following an apparent chainsaw attack Monday in the northern Swiss city of Schaffhausen, police said.
‘NY Times’ Ignores Israeli At Heart of NY Hedge Fund Bribery Scandal In Africa
The huge story about bribery by a New York hedge fund in Africa should have been on the front page, but the New York Times buried it in the financial section.
PM Netanyahu: We’ll Bring Wounded officer Back To Israel
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has pledged that Israel will bring the embassy security officer wounded in Sunday night’s terror attack back home, despite an ongoing diplomatic crisis with Jordan.